Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [coord] [vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to my room and calmed myself with some invisible mending . |
| 2 | I finished my drink and helped myself to another . |
| 3 | I went back to my office and shut myself into it for the last time . |
| 4 | Callowly , I was disgusted by all this ; I avoided my mother and threw myself into the job of telling lies for La Clava . |
| 5 | An oriental girl dressed as a matador wrenched off her domino and threw herself at me . |
| 6 | She went and took a grey pleated skirt from her case and zipped herself into it . |
| 7 | But there are a few who are questioning the state of play , and who agree with Ben Whitaker ( 1979 : 312 ) when he urged ‘ that police thinking would profit if it more often came out of its shell and concerned itself with wider questions about the role of the police and human relations ’ . |
| 8 | She raced upstairs to her apartment and threw herself on the bedcover , a Welsh patchwork quilt in a soft pattern of cream and pink . |
| 9 | She licked her fingers and applied herself to her beer . |
| 10 | A local feudal family , the Balšići , seized their opportunity and established themselves as rulers of Zeta . |
| 11 | Explaining why the authorities changed their mind and committed themselves to the transfer of land is a prime difficulty in the history of the emancipation . |
| 12 | In cultures the world over , women ( and in many cultures , men too ) have made their skin silky by bathing in oils , scented themselves with delicious perfumes , draped themselves in satin , velvet , silk and feathers , braided , brushed or oiled their hair , painted their lips and darkened their eyes and weighted themselves with gold and silver , or heavy ornaments . |
| 13 | Her head swam ; she shut her eyes and pressed herself against the wall , fighting to steady herself for the return trip , struggling to contain an urge to vomit . |
| 14 | She wiped the filth out of her eyes and pulled herself into the wreckage of the cockpit . |
| 15 | The day was Thursday , the start of the academic week ; Flavia combed her hair , washed her eyes and marched herself to the tower . |
| 16 | The music blared out around them — Beatles songs from the Sixties — and for a brief space of time Rachel forgot her worries and allowed herself to be caught up in Belinda 's simple pleasures . |
| 17 | Ace and Petion slipped off the safety catches on their automatics and pressed themselves in close to the walls , ready to spring . |
| 18 | An incessant internal monologue occupied her most of the morning , during which , by turns , she tried to convince herself that Fen 's effect on her was all in her imagination or berated herself for being fickle . |
| 19 | She frequently attacked her attendants and discharged herself from institutions where she had been sent for treatment . |
| 20 | Susan got a wall behind her back and braced herself against it , edging upwards , feet pushing against the cobbles . |
| 21 | Fei Yen took her drink and seated herself beside her husband , facing the other men . |
| 22 | Cora-Beth jumped up from her chair and flung herself into her father 's arms . |
| 23 | Xanthe moved herself and her Coke and unburdened herself of her immediate thought . |
| 24 | She spent time with her friends and restricted herself to ten minutes on the perfection of Lucy . |
| 25 | Both organizations gave an undertaking to curb violence among their members and committed themselves to political tolerance and freedom of political activity , recognizing the other 's right to exist " with its own policies and programmes " . |
| 26 | During the course of the action , they inflicted heavy casualties on their attackers and revealed themselves to be fierce and resourceful fighters — not amateurs , but professionals of a skill comparable to that of their Roman adversaries . |
| 27 | The lady smiled and sat down opposite the Wisharts , she carefully placed the wicker basket on the seat next to her , then folded her arms and composed herself in relaxation . |
| 28 | Delia Sutherland put down her suitcase and closed herself in there . |
| 29 | She could hear what sounded like Ace talking to someone on the phone as she picked up her coat and shrugged herself into it . |
| 30 | But then I realised you had joined the queue of dolour — I take it from your sparkling eyes that Lucy 's dropped her drawers and flung herself into sapphic bliss ? ’ |